The Matt Townsend Show

Equality vs. Fairness, Timeout In Nature, Marriage and Attraction


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Equality vs. Fairness (15:14)
Dr. Denise Cummins is a cognitive scientist and author. Her most recent book is "Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas that Influence the Way We Think" Her research specialty is decision-making and thinking. whose article, "The Claim: People Don't Want Economic Equality," calls into questions the desire of fairness and equality. And according to Dr. Cummings, the question we should be asking is “when are we willing to tolerate inequality (and to what degree) before our outrage over perceived unfairness reaches the boiling point? 
Taking a Timeout In Nature (1:03:00)
Dr. David Strayer, Professor of Cognition and Neural Science at the University of Utah. His research focuses on attention and performance, skill acquisition and skilled performance, Mathematical modeling of human performance. Dr. Strayer talks with Dr. Townsend about how taking a time out in nature helps our brains. 
Coaches Corner: How to Be “in” Love With Your Spouse (1:25:33)
Dr. Matt Townsend shares his thought being “in love” on why it is important to focus on the “in” part. Dr. Townsend shares 4 steps of how to work at being “in” love with your partner. 
Reasons We Marry Without Physical Attraction (1:48:36)
Dr. Stephen Betchen, specializes in marriage and family therapy and has trained at Penn's renowned Marriage Council of Philadelphia. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Sex Therapist, and maintains a private practice in New Jersey. He is the author of "Magnetic Partners: Discover How the Hidden Conflict That Once Attracted You to Each Other Is Now Driving You Apart." Dr. Betchen discuss some psychological reasons why so many people are looking past physical attraction when choosing marriage partners and what role physical attraction plays in a relationship.
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